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Friday, 3 June 2016

Friday book - Daisy in Chains

On Fridays I participate in BookBeginnings, hosted by Rose City Reader, and The Friday 56 - hosted by Freda’s Voice. Both involve sharing excerpts from a current book - the beginning and - you guessed it - page 56.

This week's book-

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HMP Isle of WightClissold RoadNewportMy love,When I think of the moments that have given me greatest pleasure: scaling an impossible rock face, watching the moon over the ocean on Christmas morning, the first time my dog saw snow - all of them pale beside the second I looked into your eyes and knew that you loved me.Here's my 56%

I LOVE Sharon Bolton. The opening lines are written by Hamish Wolfe, a prisoner, who has many admirers not so secretly love with him. Maggie is a reclusive author who isn't one of them, yet she gets caught up with a group trying to prove his innocence. Pete is the detective who put Hamish behind bars.This becomes a cat and mouse of epic proportions, and will have you compulsively turning the pages until its thrilling conclusion, as it did me.